While most of the growing crowd in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square projects cautious optimism after the overnight announcement of a deal to release the 48 remaining hostages, a small group in the middle of ...
The Aleinu prayer has also been associated with martyrdom, especially of the Jews of Blois, who in 1171 were accused of ritual murder and offered their lives in exchange for baptism. The Aleinu prayer ...
And while liturgically I get irritated by synagogue melodies that don’t bear any relation to the meaning of a prayer (one all-pervasive tune for Aleinu springs to mind), in other contexts I do delight ...
In the years since, tikkun olam has cemented its place as a cornerstone of Jewish-American identity. A 2012 study found that 72 per cent of American Jews consider tikkun olam to be a “somewhat or very ...
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With physician shortage ‘urgent,’ 2 new medical schools to open in Israel
The chairman of the Council for Higher Education, Education Minister Yoav Kisch, on Tuesday approved the opening of two new medical schools, one at the University of Haifa and the other at Weizmann ...
Last year, the Jewish community eagerly awaited Yair Elitzur, an emerging rapper from Israel, to perform at Tucson’s tallest Menorah-lighting ceremony during Chanukah in downtown Tucson. But just 24 ...
Beating chests, pounding on war drums, blaring horns and shouting provocative chants all make up scenes from pre-historic war times — when music was used as a tool to instil fear into the hearts of ...
Nittel Nacht, also known as “Christmas Night” or “Blind Night” in Yiddish, refers to Christmas Eve in Ashkenazi Jewish communities. During this time, especially among Hasidic Jews, the tradition is to ...
If you asked a Jew in 19th-century Poland, Iraq, or even New York about tikkun olam, they might have shrugged their shoulders and said they didn't know much about it. "It was a pretty obscure term," ...
(RNS) — I love Israel. Its current government — not at all. I pray that it changes, or that its policies change. Too much is at stake. (RNS) — I am a Reform rabbi. Part of my invisible job description ...
Under the majestic Romanesque ceiling of Temple Emanu El’s sanctuary, the Israeli musical sensation Koolulam made its New York City debut after more than two years of COVID postponements. In 2018, I ...
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